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Updated with the newest information on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, this bestselling book has remained the "bible" for families who are giving care toafflicted loved ones.
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Updated with the newest information on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, this bestselling book has remained the "bible" for families who are giving care toafflicted loved ones.
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The 36 Hour Day.......2007-10-11
A thorough review of all anyone would need to Know about Altzhiemers, including helpful suggestions on how to deal with this problem and where to get help.
36 Hour Day.......2007-10-10
A must for all caregivers and family with someone who has dementia. In reading the introduction to the book, I cried because it was so real to me.
A MUST read for anyone caring for an Alzheimers patient.......2007-10-02
This is the best book I have read regarding living with and caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease.
So very helpful.
The 36-Hour Day Book.......2007-06-10
I had this book when my mother had Alzheimers. I bought this for a friend whose wife has Alzheimers. It is concise, supportive with lots of information at a reasonable price.
Everything I needed to know.......2007-05-22
A wonderful book that has reinforced my observations and been enlightening about areas that I was struggling with. It is clearly and articulately written, and easy to read as well. I throughly and heartily recommend it.
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Stress And Coping In Later-Life Families (Series in Applied Psychology)
Mary A Stephens
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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A product of the Kent Psychology Forum 1989, the book focuses on how older adults and their families cope with the vicissitudes of later life.
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In North America today, there are 35 million singles over age forty seeking companionship. Almost all of them have experienced disappointing relationships in marriage or love affairs. Another Chance for Love is for anyone who feels as though someone or something is missing from her life; it's about finding the right partner.
In Another Chance for Love, relationship expert Sol Gordon, Ph.D., and self-help writer Elaine Fantle Shimberg take a whole new approach to healthy, successful relationships by providing readers with the proper foundation for finding happiness—avoid focusing on trying to make it happen!
Dr. Gordon and Ms. Shimberg show readers how to:
·Get to know themselves
·Place friendship before romance
·Discover what they want from a relationship
·Understand the masculine mystique
·Find "almost" Mr./Ms. Right
Another Chance for Love provides readers with the soulful guidance they need to make strong choices and live happier, more fulfilling lives.
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America's Free Love Crisis of the 60's.......2004-10-12
The too soon intimates, like those of the Baby Boomer's in their hindsight, if truthful, might have approached their lives much more like their parents, at least from the perspective of choosing a mate. So many divorces implies that the choices were less than careful to begin with, suggesting that intimacy may actually impede the process of finding "the" one with whom life can generally always be a joy, and where hardships simply make a couple closer, and strengthens their relationship. The major contribution of fantasy films that draw shallow significance and convert it into meaningful philosophy cannot aid a culture for whom gender differences are already in crisis and where men are taught by society to be patriarchal kings. Inevitably, it is women who do the growing up over the years, and realize the lack of fulfillment much like the slave society discovered the power and pleasure of freedom. Women who read too much emotion into the sexual convenience of males, and attempt to snare them into matrimony are likely to find considerable disappointment years later when life has failed them. It is as great an argument for celibacy as their ever was, and better than most. Even without celibacy, fathers rarely insure their daughters well being and physical care as they once did releasing both men and women to go it alone, and try to take care of themselves, a lottery of accidental proportions. The problem has left millions searching for what they might have had years earlier with greater scrutiny of the persons they chose, having made mountains of lemonaide from lemons. The alternative is that they might have listened to their mother, (or of lesser prominence, their father since most of those are too anxious to get rid of the responsibilities of daughters today and fall into the social traps). The possibility of finding a mate better suited to their personalities is possible, but arduous, and obviously takes more honesty and effort than was devoted to it initially, when "whole lives" are before them, and time is their friend. At older ages, the promise of love comes about slowly, if at all, and with greater appreciation for the personal values of potential mates, at least for women. Many men are seduced into searching for their youth and often find themselves victims of the younger mate's desire to start families, and discover they must do it again whether they choose to or not. The expectations of older mates nearer each other's age is among the most difficult, but also among the most satisfying of relationships since true compatibility is always the objective, and unreasonable expectations have long fallen by the wayside. To most humans, this amounts to being truly loved for your mind and heart, if you are female, and for your perspective and your faults, if you are male. Because the wildness of sex is generally not a part of the decision process, human attraction must rely upon all of our other parts to emphasize our humanity and our tenderness to carry the relationship. While oldsters may be sexually active, this stage may be the truest phase of all love for its cooperative independence where choosing such a love is a choice, and not an illusion. To finally grow old together, couples who choose to depend upon each other are always ready to share with each other, their hopes, their dreams, and their lives.
Inspirational.......2004-03-27
Sometimes it just takes a reminder that the world is full of people who want to connect with other people, and that it is possible to nurture a really close friendship that will be - in itself - very rewarding. All good relationships have a close friendship as the foundation, so what better way plant the seeds for a romantic relationship? And the more seeds you sow, the more likely one is going to thrive and bloom.
This is a good read, very inspiring, and very down to earth.
First be a friend, then a lover = good advice.......2004-03-04
This book combines inspiration with practical, sane guidance. Finding and sustaining love is always a challenge, and the older you get, you more you can become dispirited over your chances of ever finding a suitable partner. Another Chance for Love takes the unusual stance that it's actually friendship that is the answer. Seeking out, valuing, and deepening friendships with reasonably suitable individuals may lead you to a longterm, deep, and abiding love that will make your earlier quest for fireworks seem shallow. Gordon and Shimberg discuss values, trust, communication, humor, and passion (not just for sex, but for life) - among the aspects of a good friend. Relaxing into the safety and flow of an authentic friendship, they explain, is more likely to lead to something richer than if you begin every official "date" with unreal expectations.
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'Making Adult Stepfamilies Work helps people navigate the changes and choices that come with a new family so that everyone can benefit!' -Spencer Johnson, author of Who Moved My Cheese? Step Wars or Step Love-the choice is yours! This book explores the conflicts and emotional dynamics set in motion when adults with grown children remarry later in life. Parents expect that remarrying will be easier because the children are grown up. But the reality is that these unions can cause painful struggles between parents and their adult children. Drs. Gabe and Lipman-Blumen reveal the sources of these conflicts and teaches the skills required to manage them. Topics covered include: -Your children and mine: Can they ever become ours? -Who should inherit my property? Managing financial conflict -Health and Illness: Thank heaven the caretaker is on duty -The Grandchildren: Pawns or bridges?
Customer Reviews:
Very good advice - wished I'd read the book sooner.......2006-08-25
The book was very informative - I could relate to all the problems that may arise when 2 families w/ adult children try to blend. I believe that everyone that is thinking about entering into a second marriage, especially later in life, should read this book and discuss the different problems that "may" come up. We think that just because we are happy and excited, both sets of our children will be also. Sometimes this happens BUT usually the children look at it different and this causes problems. If discussed prior to marriage things can be worked out - or not - but will save a lot of grief later on.
My only problem w/ this book is that "Step Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Families" (hard cover) is the same as this one - just a different title. I purchased both
but still feel that I got my money's worth!!
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"The introductory essays and readings, drawn from both literature and social science research, vividly illustrate the diversity of aging experiences both within and across American families – diversity conditioned by social space, historical time, and individual biography."
—Eleanor Palo Stoller,
Selah Chamberlain Professor of Sociology
Case Western Reserve University
Families in Later Life is the only textbook on the subject that addresses the diversity of aging experiences in society by race, gender, and social class, and in a form which combines insight from the humanities as well as the social sciences.
Includes a balance between empirical selections and literary pieces, keeping students interested and engaged while still introducing them to solid research. Every social science article included has been carefully edited so those students learn and enjoy their reading to the maximum extent possible. Framing Essays by the Editors, Questions for Discussion, and a complete Index make this book even more useful for teaching.
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Older Couples: New Romances
Finding and Keeping Love in Later Life by Edith Ankersmit Kemp, L.C.S.W., and Jerrold E. Kemp, Ed.D.
Edith and Jerrold Kemp started dating when she was 66 and he was 75. They courted, they married, and now they've collaborated on a new book that challenges stereotypes about aging and intimacy. Focusing on the sexual, financial, legal, and religious issues faced by single, divorced, or widowed seniors, OLDER COUPLES: NEW ROMANCES offers inspirational and practical advice for finding, attracting, and maintaining a loving partnership later in life. Based on a series of interviews with married or committed couples aged 55 or older, OLDER COUPLES is a must read for anyone interested in a realistic and hopeful perspective on the challenges facing older singles and couples.
Customer Reviews:
good for all couples.......2003-07-21
this book serves up some eternal truths about relationships, and these factors are relevant for both young and older. i would guess that if you have not embraced these and followed most of them--you have moved on and are no longer together...
Thank You.......2003-06-22
I am a widower who hopes to share his life with the right woman. Finding this book was a wonderful suprise. I was not alone in seeking a new love. Many of the examples and suggestions applied to me! After reading it twice I had a comfortable sense of relief. Thank you Jerry and Edith
common sense and fragments of lives.......2003-04-29
At most times when I was reading this book, I thought "that's just common sense, what are you telling me that's new and helpful?" The authors recount the different lives and choices of 15 older couples in a fragmented series of annecdotes about what they look like, how they enjoy sex, who their friends are and all matters both important and trivial. The authors have a great subject to deal with but did not do the subject justice. Too many stories, and too little practical advice.
Excellent source on a rarely-discussed topic!.......2003-04-26
I teach a course on Sexuality and Aging, and another on Aging and the Family, and this book makes a great secondary "textbook" for both classes. The couples portrayed provide a terrific look at the realities of later-life marriages / partnerships. I really like the variety of experiences that are covered through the various couples. It would be nice if there were more minority couples, but that can be rectified in their next book!
Romantic Reconnections after 50.......2003-04-24
A very informative guide based on actual interviews with those who chose to reconnect with a mate in later life. The couples interviewed are of varied marital histories and backgrounds. The diverse choices made by each couple regarding how to be together in a new late-life relationship is very inspiring and liberating to anyone in a new relationship or comtemplating one.
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Living With Grief: Loss in Later Life
Kenneth J. Doka
Manufacturer: Hospice Foundation of America
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Relationships Between Women in Later Life
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